With hands that do dishes err! or not! can feel soft as your face. If you are a certain age you will have grown up with that slogan. As we get older we see our hands ageing, but rarely treat them as kindly as we do our face.
Nails are now very much a beauty feature especially with the young, but hands not so much. When I was teaching make up at a beauty school nail courses were by far the most popular courses and definitely big business.
I love hands and actually did a bit of hand modelling in the past. My hands are my tool for work so extremely important to me. I like to use them in my blog pictures too- usually when I ask ‘how are your hands-do you mind if I paint your nails? ‘This gets met with alarm – ‘ahh! you are not going to show my hands’. – ‘Oh yes I am’ – hehe!
When I trained in beauty many years ago we did paraffin wax baths that softened the skin, but also helped with painful joints. We did hand massages as part of a manicure but that was about it. Of course these days anti ageing is big business and hands are no exception- although still not high priority when seeking treatments even though your hands can so give away your age.
Treatments
As you know I am about natural ageing, but always good to know what is out there aesthetically. Dr Roxi from Fountain of Youth Salisbury said ‘I do hand treatments. It’s not something people often ask for. Basically skin boosters or even fillers can help with hydration and make the ageing hand look less skeletal.
Ageing spots are a difficult to treat in general. But a mix of chemical peels and home care that target pigment (by breaking down existing as well as prevent new pigment). NB is daily spf. I think we all neglect our hands in general.’
Anti-ageing hand facial suggested by Professional Beauty
Repêchage has designed an anti-ageing hand facial that reduces irritation and evens skin tone. The treatment involves a glycolic peel, a serum enriched with seaweed extract including vitamins, minerals and amino acids, as well as a massage with Repêchage’s Biolight Brightening Body Corrector, which helps reduce the appearance of age spots and discolouration. The 30-minute treatment is finished with a coat of polish being applied to the nails, and has also been re-created in two shorter treatments, express and on-the-go for time-poor clients.
ProfessionalBeauty -Pro anti-ageing hand treatments: How to turn back time on ageing hands
Home care I asked Zara of BYOUtanical for some natural home remedies for our hands
‘ Shea butter or coconut oil and vit e oil, with a little rose essential oil or Frankincense oil.
If you heat the shea/coconut oil in a ban Marie, until it starts to turn to liquid then remove from the heat and add the vitamin e oil and the essential oil/s. Then leave to cool. It’ll naturally set. Use as a deep conditioning mask. Leave on for 10/15 then just rinse away with warm water
Rose, & Frankincense are excellent for skin cell renewal especially on mature skin. Shea is also perfectly for really hydrating from a cellular level.’
Home Treatments
Give your hands a treat, I did and it felt so wonderful and my hands looked younger, felt softer and even my nails improved. This is what I did
Exfoliate: I used Wideye natural heart bar Natural Skin & Body Care – Eye Opening Gifts | WiDEYE
Mask: Beautifully Scrumptous Shea butter hand pack with recyclable glove.
Hand Cream: Brand new Look Fabulous forever hydrating hand cream
All product used were gifted
Workshops
Graceful Disgraceful Make up Experience
My face to face step by step make up and full face experience for women 50+ based in Wiltshire UK
Sunday 20th March 2022 3pm – 5.30pm Booking Now
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Graceful Disgraceful Virtual Facial Workout
This fabulous self-care workshop is specifically designed to be delivered virtually and works brilliantly via zoom. So well in-fact it has been snapped up by the Airbnb Online Experience.
The facial techniques learnt are a life lesson that you will take home with you forever. Face relaxation, firming and toning. You will learn lymph drainage and many other techniques. Mindfulness relaxation, face massage and toning exercises. An uplifting relaxed workshop delivered with fun and laughter in the safety of your own home.https://www.karenlockyer.net/graceful-disgraceful-facial-workout/embed/#?secret=NnnwFNg91Q#?secret=VYhwXK8Z2x
About This Blog
My aim as a make up artist and positive age warrior is to produce fun, untouched, non- stereotypical beauty images of faces, all different ages 50+ showing great make up and style. It is not about looking younger, just fabulous and hope to capture a little of the character of my models who are all local women. I’m not a photographer, but have a keen eye on how I want my image to look.
My blog is also a platform to inform you about my Graceful Disgraceful workshops, the experience and what women have said about it.
I wonder if when we look in the mirror our dread of ageing is partly triggered from how we are made to feel in our society. So, let’s try and change that narrative.
One face at a time
